History: (Iron Man I#300) - When Ultimo rampaged, destroying everything
that moved, War Machine called together "Happy" Hogan, Eddie March, Bethany
Cabe, Mike O'Brien, and Clayton Wilson (using his alias of Carl Walker) and
explained the situation. He then proposed that each of them use an old suit
of Iron Man armor to help him defeat Ultimo. After the group suited up, they
flew out to battle Ultimo, blasting the robot with nearly every weapon in
their arsenal. Ultimo soon fell to the ground, to which Eddie March replied
that it was an easy job. To Eddie's surprise, the robot grabbed Eddie and
slammed him into the rocky ground. Carl Walker attempted to rescue Eddie,
but was blasted by an energy beam himself. War Machine then ordered "Happy"
and Bethany to get Eddie and Carl clear of the battle, while he and Michael
O'Brien continued to battle Ultimo. "Happy" yelled for Carl to eject from
the armor, which he did. Catching him and Eddie, "Happy" and Bethany flew
them to safety and quickly rejoined the battle. The four remaining members
of the Iron Legion continued to battle Ultimo until "Happy" and Michael collided
with one another, causing "Happy" to dizzily fly about. Ultimo took advantage
of the situation and swatted "Happy" to the ground but before Ultimo could
crush him, "Happy" managed to fly away. After that close call, War Machine
ordered the four to retreat to check on Carl and Eddie. Seeing them hurt,
War Machine began to blame himself for their failure in stopping Ultimo from
reaching the city of Futura. He then told "Happy" to get Carl and Eddie to
the hospital and Michael and Bethany to go to Futura and tell the city to
start evacuating. Bethany opted to stay and help War Machine slow Ultimo
down, and the two resumed their battle with Ultimo. The duo didn't fare much
better until the timely arrival of Tony Stark, in a brand-new suit of Mark XII armor
consisting of updated technology. Iron Man told Bethany to get clear while
he battled Ultimo one-on-one. With his new armor, Iron Man managed to take
down Ultimo fairly quickly, as War Machine and Bethany returned to view the
fallen robot. With the battle over, War Machine punched Iron Man, angry that
he let everyone risk their lives only to come in and save the day. War Machine
then flew away, while Tony Stark offered Bethany a job.

Comments: Created by Len Kaminski, Kevin Hopgood, and Steve Mitchell.

Since each
of the members of this team will more than likely get their own profiles some
day, I chose not to do sub-profiles of each of them. That, and each character
had a long history prior to being on the team. I just decided to focus on the
team itself.